JUDGMENT :

S.K. Panigrahi, J.

1. The matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Opposite Parties.

3. The present petition has been filed challenging the notice dated 22.07.2022 and the consequential publication of provisional selection list of SEBC category for the post of initial appointee teachers (TGT Arts). The petition calls into question the action of opposite parties in excluding the name of the petitioner from the provisional selection list even though he had qualified the Computer Based Test (CBT) and was enlisted in the draft merit list.

4. Shorn of unnecessary details, the substratum of matter presented before this court remain that pursuant to advertisement dated 23.12.2021, the Opposite Party No.2 invited online applications for recruitment of appointee teachers in Govt. Secondary schools. The selection for the above-mentioned posts was to be made through Computer Based Test (CBT) in selected test centers in Odisha.

5. The averments made in the writ petition are that the petitioner applied for the post of TGT Arts and appeared in the CBT as per the scheduled date. On the basis of his performance in the CBT,